Comarco awarded $7 million Air Force contract.YORBA LINDA Yorba Linda (yôr`bə lĭn`də), city (1990 pop. 52,422), Orange co., S Calif., in a region of citrus fruit; inc. 1967. The city has grown tremendously along with the southern California area; its population increased fivefold between , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 1996--Comarco Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CMRO CMRO Current Medical Research and Opinion (journal) CMRO Concerned Motorcycle Riders of Ohio CMRO Canadian Mud Racing Organization CMRO Certified Medical Review Officer CMRO Complex Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul ) has been awarded a contract from the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center at Tinker Air Force Base for Test Program Sets (TPS (1) (Transactions Per Second) The number of transactions processed within one second. TPS is a better rating for the performance of hardware and software than the common MHz and GHz rating of the computer. ) applicable to the avionics systems on the B-2 strategic aircraft. This firm-fixed price contract is valued at nearly $7 million and is expected to be completed in September 1999. Work will be performed in Comarco's Camarillo, Calif., facility and in the B-2 Program's Test Integration Facility on Tinker Air Force Base. This work will consist of the design, development, fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. , test, demonstration and delivery of TPS software and hardware that the Air Force will use to isolate faults in B-2 avionics components as part of the overall aircraft system maintenance program. Don M. Bailey, Comarco president and chief executive officer, commented: "We are excited about extending our automated test systems business line to a new customer through this B-2 TPS award from the Air Force. "With a successful background in delivery of TPS for various missile systems and the nation's new weather prediction system called NEXRAD NEXRAD Next Generation Weather Radar , we look forward to similarly successful delivery of TPS to the nationally important B-2 program." Comarco provides wireless communications products, as well as outsourced engineering, management and staffing services, to the public and private sectors. CONTACT: Comarco Inc., Yorba Linda Don M. Bailey, 714/282-3813 Shareholder information office, 714/282-3825 |
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